KS3 & KS4 French curriculum

In this unit, pupils embed known grammar structures and present and past tenses with known and new vocabulary in describing travel in France, and learning about Senegal. Two verb structures are consolidated, along with feminine and plural noun formation rules. Pupils expand their competence in expressing opinions with the verb croire in singular form and the use of adjectives as nouns. Cultural depth is provided as students understand religions in French speaking countries.

1. Travel in France: infinitive used as a noun
2. Travel in France: more infinitive uses
3. Religion in Francophonie: singular 'croire', adjectives used as nouns
4. Religion in Francophonie: feminine and plural nouns
5. At a hotel: possessives 'votre', 'vos'
6. At a restaurant: possessives 'leur', 'leurs'
7. Senegal: perfect tense, inversion questions, negation 'ne...pas', 'ne…jamais'
8. Senegal: modals, 'il faut', possessive adjectives

• Pupils know what an infinitive is.
• Pupils know to use aller + infinitive to talk about the near future and aimer + infinitive to say what they like doing.
• Pupils know to use modal verbs and 'il faut' followed by the infinitive.
• Pupils know how to negate a sentence with ne...pas and ne...jamais.
• Pupils know how to make questions using inversion with and without question words.
• Pupils know that feminine and plural nouns can be formed in different ways.
• Pupils know that adjectives agree with the noun they are describing.
• Pupils know how to conjugate verbs like 'venir' in the present tense.
• Pupils know the possessive adjectives mon, ma, mes, ton, ta, tes, son, sa, ses.
• Pupils know when to use 'tu' and when to use 'vous' to mean 'you'.